APIDAE Apinae Eucerini Melissodes Melissodes (Eumelissodes)
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) confusa Cresson, 1878
Melissodes confusa
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [205] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2314 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [116] .
Type locality: USA, Colorado.
Melissodes civica
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). Descriptions and records of bees.- XXVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5: 256-264 [258] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F>.
Type locality: Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango), United States of America (Arizona, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz)
References
LaBerge, W. E. (1961). A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 42 (5): 283-663 [462] (species revision)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023